Psa 105:26-36, Eze 7-12 | ESV | STEP | He sent Moses , his servant , and Aaron , whom he had chosen .

26 He ^asent Moses, his servant,
and Aaron, ^bwhom he had chosen.
27 ^cThey performed his signs among them
and miracles in ^dthe land of Ham.
28 He ^esent darkness, and made the land dark;
they ^fdid not rebel ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac omit not} against his words.
29 He turned their waters into blood
and ^hcaused their fish to die.
30 Their land swarmed with frogs,
even in ⁱthe chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came ^jswarms of flies,
^kand gnats throughout their country.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
and fiery ^llightning bolts through their land.
33 He struck down their vines and fig trees,
and ^mshattered the trees of their country.
34 He spoke, and the ⁿlocusts came,
young locusts without number,
35 which devoured all the vegetation in their land
and ate up the fruit of their ground.
36 He ^ostruck down all the firstborn in their land,
^pthe firstfruits of all their strength.

Ezekiel 7

The Day of the Wrath of the Lord

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “And you, ^qO son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: ^rAn end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. ^{▼▼Or earth} 3 Now ^tthe end is upon you, and ^uI will send my anger upon you; ^vI will judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 4 ^wAnd my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity, but ^xI will punish you for your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^yThen you will know that I am the Lord.

5 “Thus says the Lord God: Disaster ^zafter disaster! ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts (compare Syriac, Targum); most Hebrew manuscripts Disaster! A unique disaster!} Behold, it comes. 6 ^abAn end has come; the end has come; it has awakened against you. Behold, it comes. 7 ^acYour doom ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; also verse 10} has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. ^aeThe time has come; the day is near, a day of tumult, and not ^afof joyful shouting on the mountains. 8 Now I will soon ^agpour out my wrath upon you, and ^ahspend my anger against you, ^aiand judge you according to your ways, and I will punish you for all your abominations. 9 ^ajAnd my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst. ^akThen you will know that I am the Lord, who strikes.

10 ^al“Behold, the day! Behold, it comes! ^amYour doom has come; ^anthe rod has blossomed; pride has budded. 11 ^aoViolence has grown up into ^apa rod of wickedness. ^aqNone of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them. ^{▼▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain} 12 ^asThe time has come; the day has arrived. Let not ^atthe buyer rejoice, nor ^authe seller mourn, ^avfor wrath is upon all their multitude. ^{▼▼Or abundance; also verses 13, 14} 13 For ^axthe seller shall not return to what he has sold, while they live. ^ayFor the vision concerns all their multitude; it shall not turn back; and because of his iniquity, none can maintain his life. ^{▼▼The meaning of this last Hebrew sentence is uncertain}

14 “They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but none goes to battle, ^bafor my wrath is upon all their multitude. 15 ^bbThe sword is without; pestilence and famine are within. ^bcHe who is in the field dies by the sword, ^bdand him who is in the city famine and pestilence devour. 16 ^beAnd if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like ^bfdoves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity. 17 ^bgAll hands are feeble, and all knees turn to water. 18 ^bhThey put on sackcloth, and ^bihorror covers them. Shame is on all faces, and ^bjbaldness on all their heads. 19 They cast their silver into the streets, and their gold is like an unclean thing. ^bkTheir silver and gold are not able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord. They cannot satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs with it. ^blFor it was ^bmthe stumbling block of their iniquity. 20 ^bnHis beautiful ornament they used for pride, and ^bothey made their abominable images and their detestable things of it. Therefore ^bpI make it an unclean thing to them. 21 And I will give it into the hands of ^bqforeigners for prey, ^brand to the wicked of the earth for spoil, and ^bsthey shall profane it. 22 I will turn my face from them, and ^btthey shall profane my treasured ^{▼▼Or secret} place. Robbers shall enter ^bvand profane it.

23 ^bw“Forge a chain! ^{▼▼Probably refers to an instrument of captivity} ^byFor the land is full of bloody crimes ^bzand the city is full of violence. 24 I will bring ^cathe worst of the nations to take possession of their houses. ^cbI will put an end to the pride of the strong, ^ccand their holy places ^{▼▼By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew and those who sanctify them} shall be profaned. 25 ^ceWhen anguish comes, ^cfthey will seek peace, but there shall be none. 26 ^cgDisaster comes upon disaster; ^chrumor follows rumor. ^ciThey seek a vision from the prophet, while ^cjthe law ^{▼▼Or instruction} perishes from the priest and ^clcounsel from the elders. 27 The king mourns, the prince is wrapped in despair, and the hands of the people of the land are paralyzed by terror. According to their way ^cmI will do to them, and according to their judgments I will judge them, ^cnand they shall know that I am the Lord.”

Ezekiel 8

Abominations in the Temple

1 ^coIn the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, ^cpas I sat in my house, with ^cqthe elders of Judah sitting before me, ^crthe hand of the Lord God fell upon me there. 2 Then I looked, and behold, ^csa form that had the appearance of a man. ^{▼▼By revocalization (compare Septuagint); Hebrew of fire} ^cuBelow what appeared to be his waist was fire, and above his waist was something like the appearance of brightness, like ^cvgleaming metal. ^{▼▼Or amber} 3 He ^cxput out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up ^cybetween earth and heaven and ^czbrought me in ^davisions of God to Jerusalem, ^dbto the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, ^dcwhere was the seat of the ^ddimage of jealousy, ^dewhich provokes to jealousy. 4 And behold, ^dfthe glory of the God of Israel was there, like the vision that I saw ^dgin the valley.

5 Then he said to me, ^dh“Son of man, lift up your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, north of ^dithe altar gate, in the entrance, was this ^djimage of jealousy. 6 And he said to me, “Son of man, ^dkdo you see what they are doing, ^dlthe great abominations that the house of Israel are committing here, ^dmto drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see still greater abominations.”

7 And he brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. 8 Then he said to me, “Son of man, ^dndig in the wall.” So I dug in the wall, and behold, there was an entrance. 9 And he said to me, “Go in, and see ^dothe vile abominations that they are committing here.” 10 So I went in and saw. And there, ^dpengraved on the wall all around, was ^dqevery form of ^drcreeping things and loathsome beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel. 11 And before them stood ^dsseventy men of ^dtthe elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of ^duShaphan standing among them. Each had his censer in his hand, and ^dvthe smoke of the cloud of incense went up. 12 Then he said to me, “Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing ^dwin the dark, each ^dxin his room of pictures? For they say, ^dy‘The Lord does not see us, the Lord has forsaken the land.’” 13 He said also to me, ^dz“You will see still greater abominations that they commit.”

14 Then he brought me to ^eathe entrance of the north gate of the house of the Lord, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 15 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^ebson of man? ^ecYou will see still greater abominations than these.”

16 And he brought me into ^edthe inner court of the house of the Lord. And behold, at the entrance of the temple of the Lord, ^eebetween the ^efporch and ^egthe altar, were about twenty-five men, ^ehwith their backs to the temple of the Lord, and their faces toward the east, worshiping ^eithe sun toward the east. 17 Then he said to me, “Have you seen this, O ^ejson of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit ^ekthe abominations that they commit here, that ^elthey should fill the land with violence and ^emprovoke me still further to anger? Behold, they put the branch to their ^{▼▼Or my} nose. 18 Therefore ^eoI will act in wrath. ^epMy eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. ^eqAnd though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them.”

Ezekiel 9

Idolaters Killed

1 Then he cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, “Bring near the executioners of the city, ^ereach with his destroying weapon in his hand.” 2 And behold, six men came from the direction of ^esthe upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was ^eta man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. And they went in and stood beside ^euthe bronze altar.

3 Now ^evthe glory of the God of Israel had gone up from the cherub on which it rested to ^ewthe threshold of the house. And he called to ^exthe man clothed in linen, who had the writing case at his waist. 4 And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^eyput a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^ezsigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” 5 And to ^fathe others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. ^fbYour eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. 6 ^fcKill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but ^fdtouch no one on whom is the mark. And ^febegin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house. 7 Then he said to them, ^ff“Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain. Go out.” So they went out and struck in the city. 8 And while they were striking, and I was left alone, ^fgI fell upon my face, and cried, ^fh“Ah, Lord God! ^fiWill you destroy all the remnant of Israel ^fjin the outpouring of your wrath on Jerusalem?”

9 Then he said to me, ^fk“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. ^flThe land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For ^fmthey say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’ 10 As for me, ^fnmy eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; ^foI will bring their deeds upon their heads.”

11 And behold, ^fpthe man clothed in linen, with the writing case at his waist, brought back word, saying, “I have done as you commanded me.”

Ezekiel 10

The Glory of the Lord Leaves the Temple

1 Then I looked, and behold, ^fqon the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something ^frlike a sapphire, ^{▼▼Or lapis lazuli} in appearance like a throne. 2 And he said to ^ftthe man clothed in linen, “Go in among ^futhe whirling wheels underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with ^fvburning coals from between the cherubim, and ^fwscatter them over the city.”

And he went in ^fxbefore my eyes. 3 Now the cherubim were standing ^fyon the south side of the house, when the man went in, and ^fza cloud filled ^gathe inner court. 4 And ^gbthe glory of the Lord ^gcwent up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house ^gdwas filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with ^gethe brightness of the glory of the Lord. 5 And ^gfthe sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, ^gglike the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.

6 And when he commanded ^ghthe man clothed in linen, ^gi“Take fire from between ^gjthe whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” he went in and stood beside a wheel. 7 And a cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. 8 The cherubim appeared to have ^gkthe form of a human hand under their wings.

9 ^glAnd I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one beside each cherub, and ^gmthe appearance of the wheels was ^gnlike sparkling ^goberyl. 10 And as for their appearance, the four had the same likeness, as if a wheel were within a wheel. 11 ^gpWhen they went, they went in any of their four directions ^{▼▼Hebrew to their four sides} ^grwithout turning as they went, ^gsbut in whatever direction the front wheel ^{▼▼Hebrew the head} faced, the others followed without turning as they went. 12 ^guAnd their whole body, their rims, and their spokes, their wings, ^{▼▼Or their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings} and the wheels were full of eyes all around—the wheels that the four of them had. 13 As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing ^gw“the whirling wheels.” 14 ^gxAnd every one had four faces: ^gythe first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was ^gza human face, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

15 ^haAnd the cherubim mounted up. These were ^hbthe living creatures that I saw by ^hcthe Chebar canal. 16 ^hdAnd when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them. And ^hewhen the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them. 17 ^hfWhen they stood still, these stood still, and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them, for the spirit of the living creatures ^{▼▼Or spirit of life} was in them.

18 ^hhThen ^hithe glory of the Lord went out from the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. 19 ^hjAnd the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth ^hkbefore my eyes as they went out, with the wheels beside them. And they stood at the entrance of the ^hleast gate of the house of the Lord, and ^hmthe glory of the God of Israel was over them.

20 ^hnThese were the living creatures that I saw ^hounderneath the God of Israel by ^hpthe Chebar canal; and I knew that they were cherubim. 21 ^hqEach had four faces, and each four wings, and underneath their wings ^hrthe likeness of human hands. 22 ^hsAnd as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the Chebar canal. ^htEach one of them went straight forward.

Ezekiel 11

Judgment on Wicked Counselors

1 ^huThe Spirit lifted me up and brought me to ^hvthe east gate of the house of the Lord, which faces east. And behold, at the entrance of the gateway there were ^hwtwenty-five men. And I saw among them Jaazaniah ^hxthe son of Azzur, and ^hyPelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 2 And he said to me, ^hz“Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city; 3 ^iawho say, ^ib‘The time is not near ^{▼▼Or Is not the time near . . . ?} to build houses. ^idThis city is the cauldron, and we are the meat.’ 4 Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man.”

5 And ^iethe Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and he said to me, “Say, Thus says the Lord: So you think, O house of Israel. ^ifFor I know the things that come into your mind. 6 ^igYou have multiplied your slain in this city and have filled its streets with the slain. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^ihYour slain whom you have laid in the midst of it, ⁱⁱthey are the meat, and ^ijthis city is the cauldron, but you shall be brought out of the midst of it. 8 ^ikYou have feared the sword, and I will bring the sword upon you, declares the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midst of it, and ^ilgive you into the hands of foreigners, and ^imexecute judgments upon you. 10 ⁱⁿYou shall fall by the sword. I will judge you at the border of Israel, ^ioand you shall know that I am the Lord. 11 ^ipThis city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in the midst of it. I will judge you at the border of Israel, 12 and you shall know that I am the Lord. For you have not walked in my statutes, nor obeyed my rules, ^iqbut have acted according to the rules of the nations that are around you.”

13 And it came to pass, while I was prophesying, ^irthat ^isPelatiah the son of Benaiah died. ^itThen I fell down on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, ^iu“Ah, Lord God! ^ivWill you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?”

Israel’s New Heart and Spirit

14 And the word of the Lord came to me: 15 ^iw“Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, your kinsmen, ^{▼▼Hebrew the men of your redemption} the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those of whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, ^iy‘Go far from the Lord; to us this land is given for a possession.’ 16 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet ^izI have been a sanctuary to them for a while ^{▼▼Or in small measure} in the countries where they have gone.’ 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God: ^jbI will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, ^jcand I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, ^jdthey will remove from it all its ^jedetestable things and all its abominations. 19 ^jfAnd I will give them one heart, and ^jga new spirit I will put within them. ^jhI will remove the heart of stone from their flesh ^jiand give them a heart of flesh, 20 ^jjthat they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. ^jkAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 21 ^jlBut as for those whose heart goes after their detestable things and their abominations, ^jmI will ^{▼▼Hebrew To the heart of their detestable things and their abominations their heart goes; I will} bring their deeds upon their own heads, declares the Lord God.”

22 ^joThen the cherubim lifted up their wings, with the wheels beside them, ^jpand the glory of the God of Israel was over them. 23 And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and ^jqstood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city. 24 ^jrAnd the Spirit lifted me up and brought me ^jsin the vision by the Spirit of God ^jtinto Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. 25 And I told the exiles all the things that the Lord had shown me.

Ezekiel 12

Judah’s Captivity Symbolized

1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^ju“Son of man, you dwell in the midst of ^jva rebellious house, ^jwwho have eyes to see, but see not, who have ears to hear, but hear not, for they are ^jxa rebellious house. 3 As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself ^jyan exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day ^jzin their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place ^kain their sight. ^kbPerhaps they will understand, though ^{▼▼Or will see that} they are a rebellious house. 4 You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself ^kdat evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile. 5 In their sight ^kedig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it. 6 In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you ^kfa sign for the house of Israel.”

7 ^kgAnd I did as I was commanded. ^khI brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me: 9 ^ki“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, ^kjthe rebellious house, said to you, ^kk‘What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns ^{▼▼Or This burden is} ^kmthe prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew in the midst of them} 11 Say, ^ko‘I am a sign for you: ^kpas I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’ 12 ^kqAnd the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. ^krThey shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. ^ksHe shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. 13 ^ktAnd I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And ^kuI will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, ^kvyet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. 14 ^kwAnd I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, ^kxand I will unsheathe the sword after them. 15 ^kyAnd they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. 16 ^kzBut I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, ^laand may know that I am the Lord.”

17 And the word of the Lord came to me: 18 ^lb“Son of man, ^lceat your bread with quaking, and drink water with trembling and with anxiety. 19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: ^ldThey shall eat their bread with anxiety, ^leand drink water in dismay. In this way ^lfher land will be stripped of all it contains, ^lgon account of the violence of all those who dwell in it. 20 ^lhAnd the inhabited cities shall be laid waste, and the land shall become a desolation; and you shall know that I am the Lord.”

21 And the word of the Lord came to me: 22 “Son of man, ^liwhat is this proverb that you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural} have about the land of Israel, saying, ^lk‘The days grow long, and every vision comes to nothing’? 23 Tell them therefore, ‘Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel.’ But say to them, ^llThe days are near, and the fulfillment ^{▼▼Hebrew word} of every vision. 24 ^lnFor there shall be no more any ^lofalse vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the Lord; I will speak ^lpthe word that I will speak, and it will be performed. ^lqIt will no longer be delayed, but in your days, ^lrO rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it, declares the Lord God.”

26 And the word of the Lord came to me: 27 “Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, ^ls‘The vision that he sees is ^ltfor many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: ^luNone of my words will be delayed any longer, ^lvbut the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord God.”